Vanished File
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I have done as you suggested and copied the DVD to ISO. I now have an enormous ISO file. How do I open it to see whether it contains my missing file?
what track did you save to iso? did you have choice of several tracks? Try opening it with PA and see what you get inside.
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ah, it is not Nero - Vista have similar feature - if you format new DVDRW to support its Live FS, it will make your DVDRW behave like an hard disk (which it isnt)… it probably did not like that you were updating same file over and over as that does not work narutally on disc based media…
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Can I use a new DVD-RW in PA without formatting it with Vista?
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I have posted a query on a couple of sites asking how I can go about uninstalling or disabling Windows Live FS.
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A further development. I planned to do some work on my DVD Slideshow (using Nero Express Vision). When I tried to open the project file from my hard drive it had vanished! Fortunately I was able to extract it from one of my backup disks.
I suspect that, in the case of the other missing file, it may have already disappeared from the hard drive so that when I ran the backup script the file was not there to backup. HOWEVER… Backing up the whole TRAVEL DIARY folder incrementally wouldn’t delete the file already existing on the backup disk, would it?
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A further development. I planned to do some work on my DVD Slideshow (using Nero Express Vision). When I tried to open the project file from my hard drive it had vanished! Fortunately I was able to extract it from one of my backup disks.
I suspect that, in the case of the other missing file, it may have already disappeared from the hard drive so that when I ran the backup script the file was not there to backup. HOWEVER… Backing up the whole TRAVEL DIARY folder incrementally wouldn’t delete the file already existing on the backup disk, would it?
nope, there is no option in the backup that deletes the files, even if you wanted to.
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I uninstalled all Windows Live programs then conducted a test in which I created a file (test.docx) using Word 2007 and saved it in the TRAVEL DIARY folder. I then checked Computer to make sure it was, indeed, saved. I then ran the backup script which saved the compressed test.docx to the DVD-RW. I then checked Computer again and the file was no longer there.
I guess the next step is to use a new DVD-RW which has not been formatted, though I suspect that I will be asked to format it.
Incidentally, my trial version of PA 2009 runs out tomorrow, which is a nuisance as I have tried to register it a number of times using the new licence number.
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Further news. I have just discovered that my CD/Record database has also vanished from my hard drive. This is really bad news as it contains about a thousand records.
I had hoped that I could extract the records database from my backup DVD, but since I uninstalled all Windows Live programs I can no longer access the DVD. This wouldn’t matter if it weren’t for the records database as I find that I can burn the backups to DVD via PowerArchiver as you suggested. I might have to re-install all the Windows Live programs (which might give me access to my backup disk), extract the Records folder, then delete them again.
Any suggestions?
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If your running Vista Business and need to recover files that were deleted/removed from a drive, you could use the Previous versions feature. This is provided that System Protection is enabled on the drive where the file(s) were located.
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I uninstalled all Windows Live programs then conducted a test in which I created a file (test.docx) using Word 2007 and saved it in the TRAVEL DIARY folder. I then checked Computer to make sure it was, indeed, saved. I then ran the backup script which saved the compressed test.docx to the DVD-RW. I then checked Computer again and the file was no longer there.
I guess the next step is to use a new DVD-RW which has not been formatted, though I suspect that I will be asked to format it.
Incidentally, my trial version of PA 2009 runs out tomorrow, which is a nuisance as I have tried to register it a number of times using the new licence number.
you need to email us for the issue with reg number, via support form
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I uninstalled all Windows Live programs then conducted a test in which I created a file (test.docx) using Word 2007 and saved it in the TRAVEL DIARY folder. I then checked Computer to make sure it was, indeed, saved. I then ran the backup script which saved the compressed test.docx to the DVD-RW. I then checked Computer again and the file was no longer there.
I guess the next step is to use a new DVD-RW which has not been formatted, though I suspect that I will be asked to format it.
Incidentally, my trial version of PA 2009 runs out tomorrow, which is a nuisance as I have tried to register it a number of times using the new licence number.
you did not have to uninstall Live programs.
Save backups to some local folder on C:… what happens then?
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I uninstalled all Windows Live programs then conducted a test in which I created a file (test.docx) using Word 2007 and saved it in the TRAVEL DIARY folder. I then checked Computer to make sure it was, indeed, saved. I then ran the backup script which saved the compressed test.docx to the DVD-RW. I then checked Computer again and the file was no longer there.
I guess the next step is to use a new DVD-RW which has not been formatted, though I suspect that I will be asked to format it.
Incidentally, my trial version of PA 2009 runs out tomorrow, which is a nuisance as I have tried to register it a number of times using the new licence number.
when it comes to using Live FS, it only matters when you format DVDRW. If you do it so it supports Live FS, then it will support Live FS. There is no actual need to uninstall support for it.
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I seem to have found the reason for the above problem (with help frpm PowerArchiver Support).
After installing PowerArchiver 2009 Professional I ran my backup pbs by clicking a shortcut icon which I had placed on my desktop after creating the pbs in PowerArchiver 2007. It was this action which caused my registered version of PowerArchiver 2009 Professional to become unregistered AND which resulted in my backed up file vanishing from its original folder.
When I deleted all the PA 2007 backup icons from my desktop and re-created them in PA 2009 I found that PA 2009 remained registered and the file did not vanish from its original location.
My tip, therefore, is that pbs created in PA 2007 should not be used in PA 2009.
I have a final problem which I will describe in a separate post.
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Not sure if that is a bug or if it will need a convert routine - but should be solved one way or the other.
